health and safety
Cleanup workers left sick and dying after coal ash spill
August 28, 2019The Tennessee Valley Authority, long respected for providing good jobs and cheap electricity, is facing a growing backlash over its handling of a massive coal ash spill.
Read moreDreaming of the day bikes will outnumber the cars
August 8, 2019It's a beautiful sunny day. I strap on my helmet, and I'm set to go.
Read moreTrickle-down pollution: The waterways from Chicago to New Orleans
July 8, 2019We can't punish the north to save the south, nor can we ignore the issues caused by the north to continually punish the people living in the south.
Read moreDemocratic money bill halts Trump rollback of OSHA beryllium rule
June 19, 2019The bill, with spending for the Departments of Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Defense and other agencies, is what’s called “a minibus,” where six individual spending bills were combined.
Read moreAirline food service workers voting on strike authorization
June 14, 2019“The health coverage my job provides is frightening. I can’t afford to get sick."
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